LINKTYPE_NETLINK
Packet structure
+---------------------------+ | Unused | | (2 Octets) | +---------------------------+ | ARPHRD_ type | | (2 Octets) | +---------------------------+ | Unused | | (10 Octets) | +---------------------------+ | Protocol type | | (2 Octets) | +---------------------------+ | Payload | . . . . . .
Description
The ARPHRD_
type field is in network byte order; it will be equal to
the Linux ARPHRD_
value ARPHRD_NETLINK
.
The protocol type field is in network byte order; it contains a
Netlink protocol type, such as NETLINK_ROUTE
,
NETLINK_NFLOG
, NETLINK_AUDIT
, etc.
The payload begins with a Netlink header, as described in section 2.3.2, "Netlink Message Header", of RFC 3549.